Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.
Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issue concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.
With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chaz Allen | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 39 | Liz Bennett | Democratic | 100% |
IA | State House - 61 | Timi Brown-Powers | Democratic | 100% |
Abby Finkenauer | 100% | |||
Jerry Kearns | 100% | |||
Kevin Kinney | 100% | |||
Charlie McConkey | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 29 | Brian Meyer | Democratic | 100% |
IA | State Senate - 25 | Herman Quirmbach | Democratic | 100% |
Rob Hogg | 99% | |||
IA | State House - 72 | Charles Isenhart | Democratic | 99% |
Lisa Heddens | 98% | |||
Bruce Hunter | 98% | |||
Steve Sodders | 98% | |||
IA | State House - 49 | Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democratic | 98% |
IA | State Senate - 49 | Cindy Winckler | Democratic | 98% |
Chris Brase | 97% | |||
IA | State House - 44 | John Forbes | Democratic | 97% |
Mary Gaskill | 97% | |||
Curt Hanson | 97% | |||
Rita Hart | 97% | |||
Liz Mathis | 97% | |||
Jo Oldson | 97% | |||
Scott Ourth | 97% | |||
Todd Prichard | 97% | |||
Kirsten Running-Marquardt | 97% | |||
Sally Stutsman | 97% | |||
Rich Taylor | 97% | |||
IA | State House - 34 | Ako Abdul-Samad | Democratic | 96% |
Jeff Danielson | 96% | |||
Dick Dearden | 96% | |||
Chris Hall | 96% | |||
IA | State House - 86 | Dave Jacoby | Democratic | 96% |
Amanda Ragan | 96% | |||
Brian Schoenjahn | 96% | |||
IA | State House - 59 | Sharon Steckman | Democratic | 96% |
Mary Jo Wilhelm | 96% | |||
Mary Wolfe | 96% | |||
Marti Anderson | 95% | |||
Joseph Bolkcom | 95% | |||
Tod Bowman | 95% | |||
Vicki Lensing | 95% | |||
IA | State House - 80 | Art Staed | Democratic | 95% |
Thomas Courtney | 94% | |||
IA | State Senate - 31 | Bill Dotzler, Jr. | Democratic | 94% |
Jim Lykam | 94% | |||
Deborah Berry | 93% | |||
IA | State House - 33 | Ruth Ann Gaines | Democratic | 93% |
Mary Mascher | 93% | |||
IA | State Senate - 18 | Janet Petersen | Democratic | 93% |
Joe Seng | 93% | |||
IA | State Senate - 40 | Todd Taylor | Democratic | 93% |
Phyllis Thede | 93% | |||
Bruce Bearinger | 92% | |||
Dennis Cohoon | 92% | |||
Robert Dvorsky | 92% | |||
Michael Gronstal | 92% | |||
Patti Ruff | 92% | |||
Wally Horn | 91% | |||
IA | State Senate - 36 | Pam Jochum | Democratic | 91% |
Mark Smith | 91% | |||
David Dawson | 90% | |||
Nancy Dunkel | 90% | |||
IA | State House - 75 | Bob Kressig | Democratic | 90% |
IA | State Senate - 15 | Tony Bisignano | Democratic | 89% |
Dan Kelley | 89% | |||
Helen Miller | 87% | |||
John Kooiker | 85% | |||
IA | State House - 39 | Rick Olson | Democratic | 85% |
IA | Supervisor - 1 | Matthew McCoy | Democratic | 82% |
Jarad Klein | 39% | |||
IA | State Senate - 9 | Tom Shipley | Republican | 33% |
Dawn Pettengill | 31% | |||
IA | Treasurer | Roby Smith | Republican | 21% |
Rick Bertrand | 19% | |||
IA | State Senate - 8 | Mark Costello | Republican | 19% |
Mark Chelgren | 18% | |||
Bill Anderson | 17% | |||
IA | State Senate - 4 | Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | 17% |
IA | State Senate - 22 | Brad Zaun | Republican | 17% |
Tim Kapucian | 16% | |||
Linda Miller | 13% | |||
Kraig Paulsen | 13% | |||
IA | State Senate - 19 | Ken Rozenboom | Republican | 13% |
Mark Segebart | 13% | |||
IA | State Senate - 12 | Amy Sinclair | Republican | 13% |
IA | U.S. House - 4 | Randy Feenstra | Republican | 11% |
David Heaton | 11% | |||
Brian Moore | 11% | |||
Clel Baudler | 10% | |||
Michael Breitbach | 10% | |||
Jake Chapman | 10% | |||
IA | State House - 51 | Dave Deyoe | Republican | 10% |
IA | State House - 53 | Dean Fisher | Republican | 10% |
IA | State House - 57 | Patrick Grassley | Republican | 10% |
IA | State House - 22 | Stan Gustafson | Republican | 10% |
IA | State Senate - 28 | Dennis Guth | Republican | 10% |
David Johnson | 10% | |||
Charles Schneider | 10% | |||
Chuck Soderberg | 10% |